The United States has concluded major combat operations in Iraq. After seven years of war, it is important to remember the good accomplished by these efforts. The rhetorical interpretation of the war in many respects overwhelmed the facts on the ground. For the first five years of combat operations, a tremendous global effort was directed by our educated elite to mislead the public about the good accomplished among the 27 million human beings trapped in the inhumane spectacle of Saddam Hussein's governance. Several major accomplishments should be recorded in the midst of this vast misinformation regime that unfortunately seeks to lodge morality in the selective, myopic vision of the anti-war movement:

1. Removing from political power one of the world's most notorious genocidaires: Saddam Hussein